> Hard to imagine what would be their point in doing that. Precisely because it is hard to imagine? It looks like a clandestine operation by one NATO country t

> Hard to imagine what would be their point in doing that. Precisely because it is hard to imagine? It looks like a clandestine operation by one NATO country to limit the options of another or perhaps even the German government doing it to limit the options of its own people. Like you I have no idea, but this is one of those areas where Occam's razor doesn't do as well as it usually does.